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Table 6 Estimated willingness to pay for fuel emission reductions and other fuel attributes a,b,c

From: Greenhouse gas emission reductions as a motivator of e85 purchases across market segments

 

E0 base

E10 base

Variable

WTPa

Standard error

z

WTPa

Standard error

z

Import

−0.0117

0.0025

−4.6547c

−0.0173

0.0030

−5.6765c

Inconvenience

−0.1069

0.0195

−5.4796c

−0.1077

0.0186

−5.7882c

E85

1.6091

0.4886

3.2929c

2.0298

0.4860

4.1762c

Reduce b

      

Neutrals

0.0037

0.0018

2.0886c

0.0010

0.0019

0.5219

Potential activist

0.0164

0.0276

0.5949

0.0349

0.0280

1.2461

Environmental

0.0740

0.0253

2.9287c

0.0786

0.0244

3.2253c

National interest

−0.0085

0.0101

−0.8354

0.0012

0.0094

0.1259

  1. aWTP is in cents/km. For a vehicle with a fuel efficiency of 8.5 km/l, the cost per liter can be obtained by multiplying the WTP estimate by 8.5. bWTP for each of the Reduce cluster interactions is calculated at the sample means of the cluster and Reduce variable interaction. cSignificance level of 0.01.
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